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01/03/2017 Maersk Line today stopped booking export containers from Europe to Asia and the Middle East, according to market sources, while capacity is said to be extremely tight for other lines. Air freight could feel the benefit, if the capacity crunch continues, according to one forwarder. Maersk’s block on bookings runs until 27 March, but [...]
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24 FEB 2017. UK port owner and operator Peel Ports was forced to close the Port of Liverpool after the Storm Doris battered northern England throughout Thursday, February 23, with wind gusts reaching up to 100 miles per hour. The Port of Liverpool was subsequently re-opened but is still experiencing disruption to services, according to [...]
07/06/2016 OOCL has announced that it will suspend its transpacific service out of central China. The service, the CC1, which operates as part of the G6 alliance, will stop for six weeks, commencing with the arrival of the Hyundai Shanghai in Qingdao on 19 June. No reason was given by the carrier for the suspension, [...]
(MAY 07 2014) TRANSPACIFIC container shipping lines are introducing a peak season surcharge of US$400 per FEU for all shipments, effective June 15 as carriers experience a surge in eastbound bookings from Asia to the US. The announcement follows a general rate increase (GRI) of $300 per FEU to the US west coast and $400 [...]
04.09.2014 ? Posted in Loadstar posts, Container shipping line reliability has slipped to unprecedented low levels in recent months, according to the latest research from maritime research company SeaIntel. Fewer than half of all sailings on the Asia-Europe trade arrived at their North European destinations on time in February. At this week?s TOC Container Supply [...]